Primary structure and functional expression of a mammalian skeletal muscle sodium channel

Neuron. 1989 Jul;3(1):33-49. doi: 10.1016/0896-6273(89)90113-x.

Abstract

We describe the isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding the alpha subunit of a new voltage-sensitive sodium channel, microI, from rat skeletal muscle. The 1840 amino acid microI peptide is homologous to alpha subunits from rat brain, but, like the protein from eel electroplax, lacks an extended (approximately 200) amino acid segment between homologous domains I and II. Northern blot analysis indicates that the 8.5 kb microI transcript is preferentially expressed in skeletal muscle. Sodium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes from synthetic RNA encoding microI are blocked by tetrodotoxin and mu-conotoxin at concentrations near 5 nM. The expressed sodium channels have gating kinetics similar to the native channels in rat muscle fibers, except that inactivation occurs more slowly.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA / genetics
  • DNA / isolation & purification
  • Gene Expression
  • Kinetics
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Membrane Proteins* / biosynthesis
  • Membrane Proteins* / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins* / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Muscles / metabolism*
  • Rats
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Sodium Channels / metabolism*
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Xenopus

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Sodium Channels
  • DNA

Associated data

  • GENBANK/M26643